Welcome to Mooseport (2004)

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Studio: Intermedia Films
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Feb 20, 2004
Running Time: 110 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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Welcome to Mooseport. The sleepy Maine community has all the accoutrements of idyllic small town life: a little park and gazebo, quaint architecture, a moose that wanders through the streets, and lots of friendly townsfolk, including the proprietor of the local hardware store, Handy Harrison and his veterinarian girlfriend Sally. Mooseport also just happens to be the vacation home for the leader of the free world: Monroe “Eagle” Cole, the President of the United States. Following two successful terms, the wildly popular President is ready to retire to his “Mooseport White House,” publish his memoirs and embark on a series of lucrative speaking engagements. But Eagle’s retirement is delayed when the folks of Mooseport convince the former President to run for Mayor. At the same time, he sparks to Sally--unaware that she is Handy’s girlfriend. So, when a jealous Handy announces HIS candidacy for mayor, Eagle is dumbfounded. Handy, in turn, sees himself in a race for Mayor and boyfriend. As the campaign kicks into high gear, things get even wilder in this once quiet town.
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Monroe Cole
Handy Harrison
Grace Sutherland
Sally Mannis
Charlotte Cole
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Bert Langdon
Morris Gutman
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rating February 20, 2004
What would happen if a popular former president (Gene Hackman) moved back to his summer residence in Maine and decided to run for mayor against the shlub (Ray Romano) who runs the hardware store? In this case, a comedy so devoid of wit and point that not mentioning the other actors trapped in this rathole would be an act of charity.

PETER TRAVERS
(February 20, 2004)

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TV comedy king Ray Romano makes his first foray into feature film in a spectacularly unfunny comedy.

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Mooseport is an idyllic little Maine town populated with equally idyllic folk, including Handy Harrison (Romano), who owns the local hardware store, and his veterinarian girlfriend of six years, Sally (Maura Tierney). But Mooseport is also the vacation home of the former president of the United States, Monroe ''Eagle'' Cole (Gene Hackman), who, after two successful terms in office, decides… Continued